Notable as One of the First Hollywood Movies to Attempt a Dramatic Interpretation of just what the Hell was Happening in that, at the Time, Enigmatic European Situation that was just Beginning to Involve, once more, the Whole World. Conflicting Scenarios and Reports had been Puzzling to the Proletariat in America.
Hitler was Time Magazine's Man of the Year and the German People were Ecstatic about the Positive Changes in Their Country. But there were also Rumors about Concentration Camps and Oppression, Thuggery and Racism.
So into Movie Theatres in 1940, almost Two Years Before Pearl Harbor, came this Fairly Blatant Criticism and the Motive from the Studio seemed to be of a Propaganda Nature. But its Prophetic Vision and Melodramatic Leanings in this Movie Proved to be more than that.
Robert Taylor and Norman Shearer Head a Decent Cast of Players in this somewhat Stiff, Studio Bound Photoplay. The Film's Place in History Overshadows the rather Mundane, but Suspenseful Aspects of this Taut, but at Times, Tedious One Note Presentation.
The Gloomy Atmosphere is Persistent and it is a Painful Story of One Man's Attempt to Infiltrate the Police State and Rescue His Mother from Certain Death at the Hands of these Gestapo Goons. The Screenplay does leave Room for some Dissenters, Including a Doctor in a Nazi Uniform.
Hitler was Time Magazine's Man of the Year and the German People were Ecstatic about the Positive Changes in Their Country. But there were also Rumors about Concentration Camps and Oppression, Thuggery and Racism.
So into Movie Theatres in 1940, almost Two Years Before Pearl Harbor, came this Fairly Blatant Criticism and the Motive from the Studio seemed to be of a Propaganda Nature. But its Prophetic Vision and Melodramatic Leanings in this Movie Proved to be more than that.
Robert Taylor and Norman Shearer Head a Decent Cast of Players in this somewhat Stiff, Studio Bound Photoplay. The Film's Place in History Overshadows the rather Mundane, but Suspenseful Aspects of this Taut, but at Times, Tedious One Note Presentation.
The Gloomy Atmosphere is Persistent and it is a Painful Story of One Man's Attempt to Infiltrate the Police State and Rescue His Mother from Certain Death at the Hands of these Gestapo Goons. The Screenplay does leave Room for some Dissenters, Including a Doctor in a Nazi Uniform.